Sticking with Prokhorovka, Kursk.
A lone Sturmovik hunts the German armour.
This will involve a lot and I mean a lot of our T34’s, hordes of Russian infantry as well as the ubiquitous German Panzer divisions.
T34 taking in the terrain before it attempts to push on to the plains of the southern sector.
We’ll be using our in house rule set, for games of this size covering 28 feet by fifteen feet of table can take careful planning. The rules need to replicate the difficulties the troops on the ground have, visibility, movement and co-ordination.
Panzer Grenadiers about to disembark to support their armoured brethren.
While putting this on you obviously want to experience a sense of realism with the rules and we have been working hard to devise the rule-set that will reflect this. These games can take gamers a long time to organise and co-ordinate, here at the Wargames Holiday Centre we remove that for you entirely.
Breaking news is that we are currently working on the Italian troops, over six hundred Italian troops turned up yesterday, so there will be a demanding schedule over the next few weeks to get them all done for the July weekend. As soon as I have any pictures you’ll all get to see the new battalions.
A Ferdinand company takes up it's firing positions to stop the Russian advance south of Prokhorovka.
Obviously these Italians will be providing the initial defences for the Sicily campaign later this year in October but I will bring you more on this in the next few weeks.
Tiger I advances on to the plains at Kursk.
So here’s the perfect opportunity to test your metal as either a Russian commander with hordes of infantry or tanks, or indeed as a German, with the challenges and benefits that these formations present to the table top general.
Pz IV moving through the wheat fields.
I’ll be back on Monday with a report on Oudenarde.